affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
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Readings:
en, -nen, fuchi, fuchido.ru, yukari, yosuga, heri, enishi
Main radical: 糸 (120) Radicals:
Z variant: 緣 non japanese kanji
Strokes: 15 Jouyou: 8 JIS: 12655
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en (1)fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), (2)relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, (3)family ties, affinity; (4)fate, destiny (esp. as mix
fuchi (1)fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), (2)relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, (3)family ties, affinity; (4)fate, destiny (esp. as mix
木に縁って魚を求む kiniyotteuowomotomu (id) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)baka
遠縁 tooen distant relativekazoku
縁起がいい engigaii good omenkami
縁起 engi omenkami
縁日 ennichi Ritual dayskami